This short 1 kilometre return walk, which is wheelchair friendly, starts at the Cotter Bend car park (a short trek from the camping ground– see my Cotter Reserve review) and meanders along the bubbling river, shaded by native and exotic trees to the base of the Cotter Dam. Continue reading “Cotter Dam Discovery Trail And Dam”
This you may feel to be peculiar review if you are expecting me to tell you about telescopes and all things astronomical. Indeed, if I had written this tip pre-18 January 2003 that is precisely what I would have been writing about. Continue reading “Mt Stromlo Observatory”
In all honestly, I had never heard of Umbagong District Park and consequentially had no desire whatsoever to visit it – just like you, I suspect! I only became aware of the park’s existence when I was trying to identify the whereabouts of some Aboriginal axe grinding grooves. Continue reading “Umbagong District Park”
A few weeks earlier I visited The Pinnacle Nature Reserve and while it started out rather disappointing I recorded in my review of that walk how the disappointment turned to pleasure when I went for a wander in the south-eastern part of the reserve, having visited the, oddly named, Pinnacle itself. Continue reading “The Pinnacle Nature Trail”
Having just walked up Mt Painter and soaked up the stunning views there-from I decided to walk up to The Pinnacle in the nearby Pinnacle Nature Reserve which I had heard offered equally good views. Continue reading “The Pinnacle – Disappointment Turns to Pleasure”
Canberra, Australia’s bush capital, is very blessed when it comes to beautiful ‘rural walks within the city’. Of all these walks the short walk to the top of Mt Painter has, for my money, the best ‘views to effort ratio’. Continue reading “Mt Painter Walk– Short and Sweet”
The Camel’s Hump walk is the longest and overall the hardest (though the Nils Desperandum walk , for instance, has harder sections) of the marked walks within Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. There are two suggested ways of getting there with one departing from the Visitors Centre (19kms return) and the other leaving from the Mountain Creek car park (11.6kms return). Both walks are classified as hard with a recommended duration of 8hrs and 6hrs respectively. Continue reading “Camel’s Hump Walk – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve”
Nil Desperandum or in its longer form, Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo roughly means “Don’t Despair, Trust in God”. Please remember this motto as you tackle the gravel path up to the ridge at about the half way mark heading in towards the 1890s homestead call Nil Desperandum. Continue reading “Nil Desperandum Walk – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve”
A highly recommended walk in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
Some distance before you reach Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve you will notice a bunch of rocks on the horizon. This is Gibraltar Peak which, once you have reached Tidbinbilla, can be reached in three ways, all by foot. Continue reading “Gibraltar Peak Walk – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve”
Spot a Lyrebird
The Lyrebird Trail a short 2 kilometre walk from the Mountain Creek car park.
I did this walk in late October (mid spring) and did not sight a lyrebird. They are more likely to be seen in the winter months and if you are especially fortunate you might find a male lyrebird on one of his many dancing mounds as he throws his tail over his head like a shimmering silver veil and puts on a dancing display as part of his courtship performance while all the time mimicking the sounds of numerous other birds. Continue reading “Lyrebird Trail – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve”
The Rambling Wombat 